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[Q] Apps not restoring after factory reset.

Anyone know how to solve this? Sent my phone to HTC to get repaired. Got it back, logged into gmail iva the phone and only one of my apps is being restored. Only "mybackup" comes up as restored. Nothing else is showing.
I have my apps backed up on mybackup as well as my data but why isn't gmail doing it?
If i restore apps via "mybackup" then they do not show up in the market so i don't want to do it that way. Is there anything else i can do? I logged into the android market via my laptop and it had a list of about 15 of the apps i had but not even close to all of them.
Any advice appreciated. I thought this would be a simple process but evidently it doesn't seem like it.
Edit: Just been back to the a android website via my laptop and none of my apps are listed there anymore. Only the one that restored itself and the stock apps... Great. So i'm screwed now i take it?

I'm not sure about reinstalling from market. As far as I remember it didn't worked well for me either. If you have rooted phone you can use Titanium backup which will backup not only apps but the data too. So, if you set high score in a game or you set up some app to your preferances you will have them all back.
To backup up only apps for later reinstalling I use Astro file manager : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.metago.astro. With Astro you can backup all your apps for later installing after performing factory reset.

I already backed my apps using Astro and mybackup, however im pissed off that googles own inbuilt system won't restore my apps despite suggesting that it would. Plus anything i restore with Astro and mybackup will not show up in the market. Haven't got a choice now i guess.
They also ruined my contacts backup as well while we are at it. I saved my contacts to gmail a few weeks back, came back today and none of them are my contacts, they are however, half of the people i follow on twitter. Neither gmail or twitter are linked to each other so how the hell did gmail manage to get into my twitter account and then replace my saved contacts list with people i follow on twitter. What farce this all is.
I have that backed up in 2/3 places thankfully but what kind of service is this from google? Its worked fine in the past but the one time i need it, everything goes wrong.

porting EVERYTHING from SGS2

hello all,
I currently have the tmo sgs2. its for sale and i will be jumping on the note 2 wagon.
that being said, how do i make sure i dont loose anything? i am not super android savy, i have never rooted, but i can lean if need be.
~ need to port contact list
~ need to port text messages
~ need to port email
~ need to port apps (play store/amazon)
~ need to port pics
thanks a lot. i love my sgs2 and wish i could just stretch the screen to 5.5 and give it some more battery life!

Contacts - Should move over automatically if they are synced w/ a Google Account.
Text Messages - Use an app like SMS Backup+ to backup your texts to your gmail account. And the restore them using the same application on your new phone
Email - Assuming you use Gmail, it will sync when you sign into your Google account on your new phone.
Apps - Play Store Apps will can be downloaded again from the Play Store and Amazon App Store on your new phone. They are tied to your Google Account.
Pics - If they are saved to internal memory (not a micro sd card) then just connect your old phone to your computer and back them up. If they are saved to a SD card, then just put the card into your new phone.
Hope that helps

S2svetko said:
Contacts - Should move over automatically if they are synced w/ a Google Account.
Text Messages - Use an app like SMS Backup+ to backup your texts to your gmail account. And the restore them using the same application on your new phone
Email - Assuming you use Gmail, it will sync when you sign into your Google account on your new phone.
Apps - Play Store Apps will can be downloaded again from the Play Store and Amazon App Store on your new phone. They are tied to your Google Account.
Pics - If they are saved to internal memory (not a micro sd card) then just connect your old phone to your computer and back them up. If they are saved to a SD card, then just put the card into your new phone.
Hope that helps
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sounds simple enough

One note. You will loose any "application data" from apps when you move over unless you are rooted.
So you will loose all your unlocked levels in Angry Birds...
If you root your old phone you can use an app like Titanium Backup to save the "application data" and move it over to your new phone.

Also you could back up your apps with titanium back up on an sd card if your rooted, my backup pro if not rooted.

Coming from iPhone, back up?

So I am coming from iOs and so far rooted my S3 and loaded CM 10.2; I love it!
I need help with one thing however. I really liked how the iPhone would automatically backup your entire phone in the cloud as soon as it was pluggd in to a charger AND connected to wifi. It would do this automatically.
Is there such a thing for Android? I understand I will probably need an app like Titanium Backup?
I due have a dropbox account so I can use that for my cloud... I currently have dropbox automatically syncing my camera photos. But I would like something that will also save all of my apps, app data, notes etc... And do it automatically when plugged in and connected to wifi. I'm not sure if Titanium Backup does this.
Can someone make a recommendation?

Your Google account will backup many apps, and your photos automatically. For the rest, you need something like titanium backup
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Does google have a note-taking and reminders app that will back up with google? I cant find anything other than calendar

johndoe12 said:
Does google have a note-taking and reminders app that will back up with google? I cant find anything other than calendar
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Theres a google app in the play store called google keep. Give it a try.
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You can do a NANDROID backup through clockworkmod. Shut off your phone. Enter recovery by holding volume up, power, and the home button.
From there you can back up your system and save it to your SD card. You only need to do this twice: before and after every successful ROM installation. (A NANDROID is just a system backup)
You can use Titanium backup to save you app data. It will save it to your SD card. Do this once every week or so.
Your contacts are saved with Google or on your simcard.
Texts and call log can be saved on special apps, I can't name one because my security and anti-theft app does it for me (Avast)
Manually save /sdcard0/android/ into a zip file. ( This holds some data, such as temple run stats or other things. ) Do this every other week.
I'm not sure about pictures, you can zip them up and upload them yourself.
You can use Easy Unrar to zip files to save space and upload.
ZIP the Titanium backups , pictures, and other things, and upload them to your computer through a USB cable or to your dropbox or Google drive.
You can make this all automatic (except nandroid), but some apps will cost money to add in a scheduled backup.

Setting up as new or transferring?

Curious what everyone is doing - setting the new phone up from scratch or using the data transfer to move everything over from your old phone? I'm on the fence. Kind of want to start fresh but not looking forward to reconfiguring apps and manually moving over the data I want to keep on my new XL. There's some things like pictures and videos I don't want or need to bring over.

I transferred from my Nexus 6P

I did a backup restore of my pixel xl. It installed all the same apps in the same places in my launcher and I was able to transfer all my text messages over.

Not sure why you'd want a fresh start... won't make any difference. All you'd be doing with a fresh start is manually doing what the transfer would do...

I tried the data transfer from Moto Z Play but didn't work out kept disconnecting on the Moto side.. Restored from Google app ...
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I used the data transfer tool but text messages were severly screwed up so I used a seperate app for that (SMS backup and restore). That worked perfectly. All my apps were transferred over, along with app data for apps that actually are programmed to backup their app data to google drive. Unfortunately not that many apps do that, so I still had to configure a bunch of apps. Titanium Backup has spoiled me rotten and not having root really sucks right now

The only thing that was missed in my transfer were wifi networks... of 23 saved networks, only 3 were restored. No idea why, major pain in the butt.

Did a data transfer from my Pixel XL. Went very smoothly. Some app data transferred over, allowing apps to boot right up without needing to sign into them again while some didn't. All of my texts, wi-fi networks, and call history appear to be intact.

Question Any complete backup solutions?

Are there any viable thorough backup solutions that don't require root?
My fold is dying (sound has completely stopped working, large screen is just black, no warranty as the seller from facebook marketplace failed to provide a receipt) and I want to move absolutely everything over to my new phone of the same model.
Is there a way to backup and restore all of the following?
- settings and accounts, homescreen layout and widgets
- apps and app data (including apps installed directly through apk file or outside of play store)
- SMS
- entire contents of internalSD
I know I can do all of these tasks individually and manually, I was just wondering if there
was an app for android that can do all of the above in one go? Every backup solution I've attempted
always seem to leave me having to setup a few things manually afterwards.
I've tried Samsung Smart Switch but it seems to leave out quite a few apps and app data.
Cloud backup probably isn't feasible as I have over 400gb of data on the phone.
Can I somehow clone one phone to the other?